4-balls no-run out

According to Burgey,

There are apparently now rules in indoor cricket that if you play out three balls in a row without scoring you have to run on the fourth ball. I hadn't played for years and filed in for a game last year with some of the younger blokes in our club.

It is very interesting. If a Batsman scores 0 after 4 balls, that Batsman is out. This rule would make the game faster and more spectacular.
And I think that an out should mean the end of that over. So 1 over can end by 4 balls.

In the Limited-Over games, 1 over should be 6 balls. In Tests, 1 over should be 8 balls.

I hope that this rule will be adopted as a Law of all-types of Cricket.

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From my first post, there was an unclear point.
This "4-ball out" rule must be applied to only the first 4 balls of an over. So, if a Batsman scores in the 1st ball of an over, there will be no out if that Batsman scores no run from 2nd to 5th balls.

Last edited by Lokomotiv; 03-10-2013 at 01:21 AM.
Reason: make it clearer

It is very interesting. If a Batsman scores 0 after 4 balls, that Batsman is out. This rule would make the game faster and more spectacular.
And I think that an out should mean the end of that over. So 1 over can end by 4 balls.

Lokomotiv, would you like to see this rule adopted in Test Cricket too?

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Yes. Why not?
That rule would reduce the number of draws and declarations significantly.

I was going to respond with "This is the most embarrassing rule suggestion I have ever heard concerning any sport. Frankly you need a hard look at yourself if you think it would be a decent suggestion for Test Cricket. In response to your previous response I don't just think you're an idiot, I know you are because your 'ideas' are ****ing terrible and laughable". but I'll just respond with

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Anderson to Rogers, no run, full just outside off stump, played forward and pushed up the wicket
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Anderson to Rogers, no run, much wider of off stump, too wide to induce a stroke
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Anderson to Rogers, no run, wide again and, concerningly, it carries through at about ankle height
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Anderson to Rogers, no run, this is better carry as Rogers leaves again outside off stump and he's out what a spectacular wicket from Anderson